Update: Man dies after being struck by train in Matawan

MATAWAN – An Asbury Park man died after being struck by a train near the Matawan-Aberdeen train station Wednesday, according to reports.

The Asbury Park Press reported, Wiliam Burns, 57, of Asbury Park, was pronounced dead at 4:30 p.m. at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick after being airlifted there for injures he sustained after being struck by a New Jersey Transit train.

NJ Transit spokesperson Nancy Snyder told NJ.com on Wednesday that a New York Penn Station-bound NJ Transit train struck a male trespasser near the Matawan-Aberdeen station at 1:25 p.m.